{"id":19461,"date":"2015-08-19T06:50:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T10:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19461"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:16:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:16:55","slug":"portrait-of-a-grandmother-as-a-young-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/19\/portrait-of-a-grandmother-as-a-young-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of a Grandmother as a Young Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19462\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/19\/portrait-of-a-grandmother-as-a-young-woman\/grandmere\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GrandMere.jpg?fit=640%2C1030&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,1030\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GrandMere\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GrandMere.jpg?fit=636%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GrandMere.jpg?resize=500%2C805&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GrandMere\" width=\"500\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GrandMere.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GrandMere.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GrandMere.jpg?resize=636%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pardon the James Joyce reference. Another photo of the grandmother I&#8217;ve only heard vague stories about from my father, who was six when she died. I love everything about this photo &#8211; the pince-nez, her choker necklaces combined with the pendant, and the way she posed.\u00a0Original scan behind the cut.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/19\/portrait-of-a-grandmother-as-a-young-woman\/rheaorig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RheaOrig.jpg?fit=500%2C804&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,804\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RheaOrig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RheaOrig.jpg?fit=500%2C804&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RheaOrig.jpg?resize=500%2C804&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RheaOrig\" width=\"500\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RheaOrig.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RheaOrig.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pardon the James Joyce reference. Another photo of the grandmother I&#8217;ve only heard vague stories about from my father, who was six when she died. I love everything about this photo &#8211; the pince-nez, her choker necklaces combined with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/19\/portrait-of-a-grandmother-as-a-young-woman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3113,2093],"tags":[125,3455,1454],"class_list":["post-19461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-photo-restoration-2","category-photography-2","tag-family","tag-rhea-lajeunesse-garceau","tag-vintage-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-53T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25621,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/07\/29\/family-photo-restoration\/","url_meta":{"origin":19461,"position":0},"title":"Family Photo Restoration","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Slowly but surely, I've been scanning old family photos and restoring them. Judging from the style of the clothing, this portrait looks like it was taken in the teens. Also interesting is the woman on the left, who is wearing pince-nez glasses with a suspension chain which most likely connected\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/TwoWomen2-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18425,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/03\/25\/the-magnificent-seven\/","url_meta":{"origin":19461,"position":1},"title":"The Magnificent Seven","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Another photo restoration of an old photograph of my grandmother - Rhea Garceau, seated in the middle. I'm not certain\u00a0who the other women are - but being that two of them are dead ringers for my cousins, I think it's safe to say they're relatives. Original scan behind the cut.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Restoration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Restoration","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/photo-restoration-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SevenGirlsOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SevenGirlsOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SevenGirlsOrig.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19347,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/07\/30\/positive-i-d\/","url_meta":{"origin":19461,"position":2},"title":"Positive I.D.","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm always posting old family photos with the line \"I have no idea who these people are\". People - write down names on the backs of your photos! \u00a0Fortunately, I've had amazing luck posting my photos to various Facebook groups, I've been able to identify people in my photos and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Restoration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Restoration","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/photo-restoration-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PorchOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PorchOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PorchOrig.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18269,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/03\/03\/ma-grand-mere\/","url_meta":{"origin":19461,"position":3},"title":"Ma Grand-M\u00e8re","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Among the family photos I've been sorting through is this beautiful portrait of my grandmother, Rhea Lajeunesse Garceau. From the clothing she's wearing - it looks to have been taken in the early teens. For a one hundred year old photograph, it was in pretty good shape except for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RheaOriginal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RheaOriginal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RheaOriginal.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18644,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/05\/05\/alice-lajeunesse-vertefeuille\/","url_meta":{"origin":19461,"position":4},"title":"Alice Lajeunesse Vertefeuille","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"May 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week's photo which had a number of names scrawled on the back, turned up some interesting information. Lisa, a woman from my hometown, led me to her family's Facebook page.\u00a0I was able to identify one of the women in the photo as\u00a0Parmelie\u00a0Vertefeuille. Pouring through more of their family albums,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/AlfredAliceOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/AlfredAliceOrig.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/AlfredAliceOrig.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18326,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/03\/11\/a-more-fashionable-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":19461,"position":5},"title":"A More Fashionable Time","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Another studio portrait taken of my grandmother and a relative\/friend that I restored over the weekend. As I zoomed in to fix\u00a0the creases and dust specks, I noticed that she was wearing pince-nez with a chain attached. These particular types of glasses have a hair pin on the other end\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GrandmerefriendOriginal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GrandmerefriendOriginal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GrandmerefriendOriginal.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}